Jff
i
jaenas anabases. iui must a vuuai.iv, .
discussion between the employer and the employee, as,
jfare the other terms of the employment. To give to em-
their proper position in such a controversy, to enable
io maintain themselves against employers having great cap
i unite, because in union there is strength, and without It
A.. - n-miM Via heliilesa Thd nrnmntlon Of
LfV 1 V 1 aUU 1 1 1 i t 1 V7 J V nvt.iu -' - .
through the instrumentality of the trade agreement i3 often
As rf c.Vi tmtnn hon fntAlHcpntl v conducted. There is a large
.1, however, skilled and
jflshts before the law are exactly ine same as tnose-oi uie uawu
yfo be protected with the same care and watchfulness. In order
ielr employer into a compliance with their request for changed
,tfplovment, workmen have the right to strike in a body. They have
To use "such persuasion as they may, provided it does not reach the
Jst duress, to lead their reluctant co-laborers to join them in their union
yiist their employer, and they have a right, if they choose, to accumulate
r'nds to support those engaged in a strike, to delegate to officers the power to
Vect the action of the union, and to withdraw themselves and their asso
'ites from dealings with, or giving custom to, those with whom they are in
ifntroversy.
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The Ultimate
By O. K. Chesterton.
HEY have tried to set up the preposterous pretense that, these who
are rich in a state are rich in their own merit, tnW fcs.t those
who are poor In a state are poor by their own fault. Mr. Kip
ling, in his swan song of suicide in the Morning Post, speaks of
the unemployed laborer as the man "whose unthrift has de
stroyed him." He speaks of the modern landlord as the man
hn tniipri. who has striven and gathered possession. Now
JUL
there are some occasions upon which a blasphemy against fact renders unim
portant even a blasphemy against religion. It is so in these cases in wn.cn
calamity is made a moral curse or proof of guiit.
It becomes quite a secondary fact that this new Tory theory is opposed
to the Christian theory at every point, at every instant of history, from the
boils of Job to the leprosy of Father Damien. It does not matter for the mo
ment that the thing is un-Christian. The thing is a lie; every one knows it to
be a lie; the men who speak and write it know it to be a lie. They know
as well as I do that the men who climb to the top of the modern ladder are
not the best men, nor the cleverest, nor even the most industrious. NoDOjy
who has ever talked to poor men on seats in Battersea Park can conceivably
believe that they are the worst men of the community. Nobody who has eyer
talked to rich men at city dinners can conceivably believe that they are the
best men of the community. On this one thesis I will admit no arguments
about unconsciousness, self-deception or mere ritual phraseology. I admit a.l
that and more most heartily to the man who says that the aristocracy as a
whole is good for England or that poverty as a whole cannot be cured.
But if a man says that in his experience the thrifty thrive and only the
unthrifty .perish, then (as St. John the Evangelist says) he is a liar. This is
the ultimate lie and all who utter it are liars.
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The Torture qf Clothes.
A Courticeoua Reformer WIio Has Discarded
Underwear in Summer.
Bv Ernest Flajzsr.
SUPPOSE no two instruments of torture have ever produced so
much suffering in hot climates as the undershirt and drawers.
Some years ago manufacturers of underwear began to make sum
mer undershirts without
several years it occurred
made so much difference
mm
bo far as te upper part of my body was concerned, but we are such creatures
of fcabit that two more years passed before I plucked up enough courage to
emancipate myself from the nether garment. Now I am clad in a single layer.
Hot weather no longer has any terrors for me; indeed, I enjoy hot days quite
as much as cool days. '
I have discovered it is the double layer that causes the suffering. It makes
Xio difference how thin the layers are. the effect is the same. Underclothing
as thin as a cobweb will cause almost if not quite as much discomfort as the
thicker kinds. ,
Delighted with my discovery and revelling in the comfort it afforded me i
naturally sought to impart its benefit to others; but I soon found that the
wearing of underclothing is regarded by most people as if it were a sort of
religious obligation, and my advice was generally received with a species of
horror. Most of those to whom I spoke said they could not possibly do with
out underclothing, for it was necessary to absorb the perspiration, and the
kind thev wore was so thin that it made no difference anyway. Almost all
turned a "deaf ear to my assurance that if they would only try it for a day they
would find there would be no need to absorb perspiration, for what little there
was would evaporate fast enough to keep them cool.
High and low, rich and poor, all alike are slaves to this superstition and
appear to prefer suffering rather than discard one of the envelopes in which
they swathe themselves.
Now, after my experience, I have of course no notion that any great number
of people will adopt my suggestion, but I am sure that the few who do so will
rise up and call me blessed.
0
Under the Surface We
Find the Best in Life
By John K. Le Baron.
AN is too much inclined to
M
J inn in I,-;
sions.
A closer intimacy with our fellows often reveals undreamed-of
virtues and unsuspected strength.
It was a part of the philosophy of Comenius, the famous Mo
ravian educational reformer of the seventeenth century, not to
f words and oninions eatherel out of
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books, but "to open their understanding through things themselves."
This was the beginning of the object-lesson idea so successfully elaborated
and given impetus by Froebel two hundred years later.
It is quite possible that we owe to this movement more than we realize
for its influence in having made the nineteenth century the wonder epoch of
history.
It set in motion that tremendous idea of learning by observation rather
than absorption; of judging by things themselves, rather than by some other
persons" opinions of those things.
It made men self-reliant.
Had it not been for this faculty of observation, highly developed, we
ehould still believe that the earth wast flat and that thunder was the rumbling
of Jove's chariot wheels.
It was intimate personal acquaintance with nature that made the works of
Audubon ornithological law.
He did not base his writings upon what others had written, but upon his
own close relationship with the birds.
MaeterVinck found, upon close association with the bees, that there was
much to be falned from them besides honey.
The stVnis the impression we gez from chance acquaintance with the bee.
Upon cleffontact we discover the honey.
It is largely the same in our interccursa with men.
Basing our opinions upon casual acquaintance, we cften do ourselves an
Injustice by misjudging those who, upon closer observation, we find to be peo
ple well worth knowing.
We flatter ourselves that the injustice is done to those we misjudge; it is
ourselves to whom we do the injustice.
Few men worth knowing are apt to favorably impress one upon first ac
quaintance. Beneath the cloak of reserve, the shell of modesty we find the best ma
terial. Addison, one of the most intellectually profitable of companions, was
tttterly deficient in the art cf parlor conversation. First impressions of him
were never favorable.
Once beneath the cloak cf reserve, his social hospitality was the delight of
tils friends.
To meet Addison casually was to misjudge him
"Mediocrity can talk," says Disraeli.
Genius is generally reticent.
Drydeo, second only to Shakesperre !n the intellectual wealth of his epi
grams, was dull and almost stupid amonf; strangers.
Labor.
fr 1-1. 1 nu in t,esue s v cciii, ;
the employer and the employee never differ, except
to a division of the joint profit of labor and cap-
unskilled, who are not organized Into
Lie.
sleeves. After wearing this kind ior
to me that if the absence of sleeves
in my comfort I had better leave the
ceased to dread hot weather
base his opinions upon raise impres
THE RAGE IN REAL ESTATE
Ranodlph Augustus Malcolm Talt
Thought he'd invest In real estate.
Of courso he wouldn't speculate.
He'd buy at the prevailing rate.
And then, no doubt, would have to wait
For some time indeterminate
To sell at what he'd estimate
Would be a gain commensurate.
Randolph Augustus Malcolm Tait
Got in the game a little late.
He swallowed all the offered bait
At prices quite Inordinate,
AuJ thought his bargains really "great,"
But at no very distant date
Randolph Augustus Malcolm Tait
in business was unfortunate.
He failed, and it is sad to state
Some people were importunate.
And Randolph got it sur la tete
(Which means in English "on the pate").
In vain did he expostulate,
They said he must "get on a rait."
Then did this most ingenious Tait
Resolve to sell his real estate.
Alas! land will depreciate.
And this misfortune fell on Tait.
He went to Brown, his intimate
Brown smiled he was in real estate!
He thought Smith might commiserate.
Smith wept ho was in real estate!
Jones, Robinson, strange to relate.
Both of them deep in real estate!
His lot they could appreciate.
To help him they'd not hesitate.
But they were poor in real estate.
Randolph Augustus Malcolm Tait
Swore lifo was now inadequate.
Me cnose a suicidal fate.
And friends were so considerate
As on his tomb to put this plate,
"In death he still owns real estate!"
So you had better meditate
On Randolph Augustus Malcolm Tait!
La Touche Hancock in the New York
Sun.
AitHeslIaMMi).
Br Grait ajbes Tioassoi
We had asked for a story and gath
ered expectantly around grandma's
chair a "tale of true love when you
were a lassie in the days of auld lang
syne," as Kathie put it.
Grandma smiled and looked dreamily
into the fire.
"It shall be a story of the good days
when Boston was many years younger
than it is today," she began. Grand
ma, by the way, is nearly 100 years
old.
'You must picture a large, old-fash
ioned farmhouse standing among great
elm and maples and surrounded by
broad acres of field and pasture and
woodland, only a mile from Harvard
College and not many more from Bos
ton, where I passed my childhood and
youth until I married your grandfa
ther. "At the time of my story I was about
17. Our family then included two very
quaint people Simon Greg'gs, the hir
ed man, and Miss Hephzibah Jones. I
could not remember when Aunt Heph
zie had not lived with us. She was
an 'old maid,' spare and angular and
silent, though always good to the chil
dren. We, could never gaki the faint
est clue of her age, nor any idea of
where she had lived before she came
to us.
"There was really nothing about
Aunt Hephzie to which one might pin
a romance unless it was this mystery,
yet my sister Kate and I, who were
Just at the sentimental age, wove all
manner of romances around her and
often held long consultations about her
possible lovers, until we came to be
lieve she was the heroine of some ex
traordinary love affair which had end
ed in disappointment.
"One day while we were at dinner
father remarked: 'I found a Strang
looking man asleep on the haymow
when I went into the barn this morn
ing. I saw him off the premises and
told him to keep away, but you can't
tell anything about these vagabonds.'
"On Thursday afternoon, as Kate
and I walked up the road to Squire
Baxter's, two miles away, a man came
out of some bushes beside the road.
We felt sure the 'tramp' had appeared
to us and were a little frightened, but
he did not accost us, though he star
ed as he passed in the direction of
our home. That evening while Kate
and r washed the supper dishes, dis
cussing our afternoon adventure, as
we considered it, Kate suddenly gave
a start and whispered excitedly to me
to look out of the window. There was
the tramp stealing stealthily along by
the barnyard fence. It was rather
dusky out, but that couldn't deceive
us. Whatever he could be seeking
around our house we failed to guess.
Kate was about to call someone, but
I suggested that we wait and watch
developments.
"Aunt HepiiEie was in the dairy put
ing away the milk. The .window was
open and the tramp presently appear
ed before it. We girls tiptoed to the
door and peeped through the crack
to see what would follow. The tramp
was saying something' in a low, mum
bled tone that we did not understand.
Aunt Hephzie turned and stared in
amazement for a moment, and then
we were convulsed with laughter, for
she suddenly caught up one of the
newly-filied pans and dashed its con
tents over the astonished man.
" 'Now, git out! Git this instant, cr
I'll give you another dose! Clar out,
and don't dare show yer face on these
premises agin,' she screamed. And
the man did 'clar out' in a remark
able hurry.
"Half an hour later Simon Greggs
came in chuckling to himself, as he
often did when anything amused him.
'Auntie,' he said, as Miss Hephzibah
came out of the diary, 'did you ever
have a beau?'
"'Beau! she exclaimed contemptu
ously; 'no, I never did and never want
to, neither!'
"Well, well, chuckled Simon, 'I
Ject see a poor feller out by the barn.
Looked's if he'd been takin' some kind
o' shower bath, I sez to him, sez I,
'What you ben doin' round here?
And he sez, sez he, 'I was goin' to 6e
my old friend, Hephzibah Almiry
Jones, an' this is the kind o' welcome
she give me.' And now, Aunt Hephzie,
if that man wa'n't your beau, who was
he?'
"Aunt Hephzie seemed a little con
fused for a minute, but quickly re
gained her composure, and looking
Simon sternly in the face, said very
stiffly, 'Simon Greggs, do you know a
tramp when you see one? If you don't,
it's time you learned.'
"But matters came to a climax next
day at noon, when the 'tramp' boldly
knocked at the kitchen door and asked
for Mias Jones. 1
"Father invited him in, and then we
discovered that he was not really bad
looking, and certainly no tramp.
"Presently Aunt Hephzie appeared
from the cellar, but in the middle of
the floor she stopped, almost dropping
the dish she was carrying. Then she
collapsed into a chair. Mother signed
to us to leave the room. It was a full
hour before dinner was announced,
but father said we could afford to
wait. Aunt Hephzie introduced her
visitor as Mr. Samuel Brown, whom,
she added, she had known when a
girl 'more than 40 years ago.'
"Mr. Brown apologized for his
strange behavior during the past
three days. He said he had been a
sailor and told a thrilling story of his
exile in the frozen regions of the
north, where the whaling vessel on
which he sailed had been wrecked.
Most of the crew perished, but two
others with himself had at last suc
ceeded in reaching Boston. He had
come at once to seek his former sweet
heart, Miss Jones. After tramping
about all day he had yielded to the
temptation of seeking shelter in fath
er's barn, little thinking ,he was so
near the object of his search. In the
morning he started out again and
chanced to meet someone who in
formed him of Miss Hephzie's where
abouts, and he had returned that was
how we girls happened to meet him
and then when he tried to obtain an
interview with her that worthy lady
had sent him away drenched. Disap
pointed, he had gone to beg a night's
lodging in Squire Baxter's barn, in
tending to set out for the docks in the
morning, but the thought that Miss
Hephzie might not have recognized
him had caused him to make one last
attempt.
"Well, you can guess the ending
that in a few weeks Aunt Hephzie
moved from Maplewood into a neat
little farmhouse of her own, for, as
she said, it was the best use she could
make of the bright gold pieces that
had been accumulating in her chest
for so many years, and it didnot mat
ter whether her' Samuel had any or
not. One thing puzzled us girls why
had Mr. Brown chosen to see his lady
love for the first time through that
dairy .window, and not properly
through the door? We questioned old
Simon, but he would only shake his
head and look wise." Boston Post.
QUAINT SCHOOL CUSTOMS.
Long Ordeal for New Boy at Rugby
The "Kish" at Marlborough.
J. L. Paten, head master of Man
chester Grammar School, in a speech
at Rochdale, referred to a custom' at
Rugby School which forbids a boy of
less than three years standing to turn
up his trousers and insists on his
diing so after that period.
The custom is only a minor instance
of the quaint practices that exist at
all the great public schools, and are
maintained with neligious care, though
in many cases their" origin is obscure
or unknown. The Shrove Tuesday
tossing of the pancake at Westmin
ster School, with its ensuing scramble
for the largest fragment, which gains
for its possessor a guinea from the
dean, is, perhaps, the best-known
among them.
A curious custom at Marlborough
requires every boy to bring to school
with him a cushion, technically termed
a "kish" with the "i" long. This
article is his-inseparable companion
in school time, and in addition to the
ordinary functions of a cushion is em
ployed to carry books from one form
room to another.
At. Shrewsbury School at the begin
ning of each term "hall elections" are
held for the posts of hall crier, hall
constable, hall postman anL hall
scavengers. The genial brutality of
youth often selects for the position of
hall crier either the most nervous boy
in the school or one who Is afflicted
with a stammer.
The new boy 1n the scboolhouse at
Rugby is early called upon to take
Ml3 part in "house singing." At this
function, which is held in one of the
dormitories, he has to render a song
to the satisfaction of his audience,
the penalty being the rvalloWing of
a mouthful of soapy water.
Another anoient school custom is
the parade of the Christ's Hospital
blueeoat boys before the Lord Mayor
at the Mansion House on . St. Mat
thew's Day, when the "Grecians," who
correspond to "sixth formers" else
where, receive a guinea each s nd the
rank and file of the school aie pre
sented with new shillings. London
Daily Mail.
To Change Umbrella Handles.
Sometimes a person would like to
change an expensive umbrella- han
dle to another umbrella and fasten
it on solid. This can be done by
cleaning out the hole left in the han
dle from the old rod and filling the
hole with powdered sulphur.
Place the handle In a 60ld
right position, and after heatm;
umbrella rod red hot push the
down Into the hole containing
up
tb rod
the
sulphur. The hot rod fuses the sul
phur and when cold it will hold the
rod solid. This method may be ap
plied to fastening rods into stone,
iron or wood. Popular Mechanics.
iWith the Funny
Fellows'
The Raby Stare.
A widow .may wear
The baby stare,
It's a pretty thing and it goes.
Down deep in her heart.
one is piuying a pan,
For she knows that you know that she
knows.
-Over the Nuts and Wine, in Lippincott'a,
The Goods.
"We live in exacting times.'
"As to how?"
"One must deliver the goods, and
yet not be caught with them."
Louisville Courier-Journal.
No Chance."
"I think it's wrong for a married
man to gamble."
"It's worse than wrong. It's idi
otic. His wife gives him fits if he
loses, and confiscates the proceeds if
he wins." Louisville CourIer-Jour
cal.
Seemed So.
Ella "Fred is always in her
wake."
Stella "Is she a dead one?"
Ella ".What do-you mean?"
Stella "She must be, to have a
wake." New York Times.
Undecided.
"Did you ever have appendicitis?"
said the insurance man.
"Well," answered the skeptic, "I
was operated on. But I never felt
sure whether it was a case of appen
dicitis or a case of professional curi
osity." Washington Star.
A Minifying Estimate.
"Does your son know the value of
a dollar?"
"Yes," answered Mr. Cumros, "he
has some idea of it. He knows better
Chan to invite the scorn of the waiter
at whose table he dines by offering
him one as a tip." Washington Star.
. More Information For Rollo.
"Father," said little Rollo, "what
is ap-pendicitis?"
" ''My ' son," answered the cynical
parent, "appendicitis is something
that enables a good doctor to open
up a man's anatomy and remove his
entire bank account." Washington
Star.
Castles.
"A man's house should be his ccs-
tle," said the patriot.
"Yes," answered Mr. Cumrox;
that sounds well. But a lot of the
castles I observed while traveling
abroad were distinguished by the big
mortgages they carried." Washing
ton Star.
How About Then?
The teacher was describing the dol
phin and its habits.
"And children," she said impres
sively, "a single dolphin will have
two thousand offspring."
"Goodness!" gasped a little girl in
the back row. "And how about mar
ried ories?" Everybody's Magazine.
A Beneficent Rule.
"So you are ninety-four years old!
To what do you attribute your long
life?"
"A good many things have con
tributed to it, the most important,
I think, being the care which I have
always taken not to get into a fight
with a bigger man than myself."
Chicago Record-Herald.
Out of the Ordinary.
Geraldine "Why did you ask for
an introduction to me and why do
you now, knowing so little of me, ask
me to be your wife?"
Gerald "I decided, the day that
saw you alight from a street car
and noticed that you did not get off
backward, that you were a remark
able woman." New.; York Times.
The Doctor Explained.
The doctor had brought a patient
to the hospital. The operation was
not to be a complicated one.
"Was it really necessary for the
patient to go to the hospital," asked
lomebody.
The doctor nodded.
"Yes," he replied. "It means a
roof for the new house I am build
ing." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Higher Mathematics.
A passenger on a New York, and
Chicago limited train, upon looking
under his berth in the morning, found
one black Ehoe and one tan shoe. He
called the porter's attention to the
error. The porter scratched his wool
ly bead in bewilderment.
"Well, :an', don't, dat beat all!" he
said. ''bat's de second time dis
mawnin dat dat mistake's hap
pened!" Everybody's Magazine.
An Offended Artist.
"There's no use o' talking," said
Farmer Corntcssel as he sat down on
the horso trough. "I can't git along
with some o' these here summer
guests."
"What's the trouble?"
"I have jes' been""lectured by that
good-lookin' young woman with
glasses fur sp'ilin' the color scheme
cf the garden by puttin' paris green
on the vegetables," Washington
Star. -
Proverbs and Phrases.
A well-wisher soes from afar.
The wife is the key of the house.
"When one sheep leads the way the
rest follow. Chinese.
A good heart overcomes evil for
tune. Don Quixote.
lie that rebuketh the wicked get
teth a blot. Bible. .
Gain has oft with treacherous
hopes led men to ruin. Saphoclcs.
Too much speech and too much
silence belong to the fol. German.
He Finally Won Out.
"Nettie," cried the enamored
young man, '"'I love you and would
go to the world's end for you."
"Oh, no, you wouldn't, James,"
retorted the sweet girl graduate.
"The world, or the earth, as it is
called, is round like a ball, therefore
it has no end."
"Yes, I know," continued the e.
y. m., "but what I meant was that
I'd do anything to please you. Ah,
dearest, if you knew the ' aching
void
VNow I am surprised, James," in
terrupted the s. g. g. "Nature abhors
a vacuum, and there is no such thing
as a void but admitting that there
could be such a thing, how could the
void you speak of be void if there
was an ache in it?"
"Oh, well," replied the young man,
"at least I've got the cash and pro
perty amounting to nearly $100,000,
and I want you to be my wife. So
there!"
"James," replied the fair one
without a moment's hesitation,
"since you put it in that light, I
haven't the heart to refuse you. Let
the wedding bells ring without un
necessary delay." From the Chicago
News.
Bible in 418 Tongues.
London, Sept. 5. According to the
105th report of the British and For
eign Bible Society the Bible will soon
be printed in every language and
dialect known throughout the world.
Complete Bibles or portions of the
Bible were issued last year in 418
different languages. During the year
six new 'translations were added to
the list.v Besides these languages,
there are complete Bibles or portions
of the Scripture made in embossed
type for the blind in thirty-one dif
ferent languages.
The number of Bibles issued by the
society last year was nearly 6,000,000.
Of complete Bibles there were 884,
195; New Testaments, 1,116,674, and
portions of Scripture, 3,993,842, mak
ing a total of 5,934,711."
The colporteurs employed in the
work of distribution have an adven
turous life. Last year some of them
were arrested as spies m Nicaragua,
robbed in Burma, bitterly mocked by
Social Democrats in Germany, driven
out of villages in Peru by priests who
burned their books, stoned in the
Philippines and beaten by Moslems
in Baluehestan. So. 38' '09.
Snapshots of Thought.
By T. M. Sullivan.
The man who can sculpture a
stumbling block into a stepping stone
has done more than most sculptors
ev?r accomplish.
The unaided eye can discern the
beauty of virtue, but no microscope
can discover the comeliness of vice.
When Women Vote.
"What will happen when women
vote?"
"I suppose, among other things,
one won't be able to gt a Democratic
cook to work with a Republican
housemaid. ' ' Pittsburg Post.
Better on a sound boat than a leaky
ship. German.
PRESSED HARD
Coffee's Weight on Old Age.
When prominent men realize the
injurious effects of coffee and the
change in health that Poatum can
bring they are glad to lend their tes
timony for the benefit of others.
A superintendent of public schools
In North Carolina 8ys:
"My mother, since ber early child
hood, was an inveterate coffee drink
er, and had been troubled with her
heart for a number of.years, and com
plained of hat 'wefcVall over feeling
and. sick stomach.
"So'me Jtfrae ago I was making an
official visit to a distant part of the
country and took dinner with one of
the merchants of the place. I noticed
a somewhat peculiar flavour of the
coffee, and asked him concerning it.
He replied that it was Postum.
"I was so pleased with it, that af
ter the meal was over, I bought a
package to caery home with me, and
had wife prepare some for the. next
meal. The whole family liked it so
well that we discontinued coffee and
usd Postum entirely.
"I had really been at times very
anxious concerning my mother's con
dition, but we noticed tbat after using
Postum for a short time she felt so
much better than she did prior to its
use, and had little trouble with her
heart and no sick stomach, that the
headaches were not so frequent, and
her general condition much improved.
This continued until she was as well
and hearty as the rest of us.
"I know Postum has benefited my
self and the other members of the
family, but not in so marked a degree
as in the case of my mother, as she
was a victim of long standing."
Read "The Road to WellTille," in
pkgs.
"There's a Reason."
Ever resad the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of human
Interest.